Empirical organizational-level examinations of agency and collaborative predictions of performance-contingent compensation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 611-623

  Shaw, Jason D ^a   Gupta, Nina ^b,c   Delery, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Collaborative perspective; Compensation contingencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013115601     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200005)21:5<611::AID-SMJ106>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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